Rectangular container for incandescent mantles.



W. T. WILSON.

RECTANGULAR CONTAINER FOR INGANDBSCENT MANTLES.

AYPLIOATION IILBD NOV. 6, 1913.

1,1 1 7,538. Patented Nov. 1'7, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LIYNQ. WA$H|NOYUN. 04 C.

. .UNITED STATEgFATENT OFFICE.

WYLE '1. WILSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RECTANGULAR CONTAINER FOR INCANDESCENT MANTLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VYLn T. \VILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rectangular Containers for Incandescent Mantles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to rectangular receptacles for holding incandescent mantles, and has for its object to provide a device of this nature which will be comparatively inexpensive to construct, will be more convenient in handling the mantle, and more efficient in use than those heretofore proposed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a box or container constructed in accordance with my invention and showing a mantle in position; Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig.3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the improved means for securely holding the mantle in the container; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the portion of the container shown in Fig. 1 is formed; Fig. 5 is a view showing the blank from which the holding member is formed; and, Fig. 6 is a view showing on an enlarged scale the blank from which my tongue-like looking member is made.

My improved container is composed of a rectangular shaped vessel 1 provided with a holding member 2 and a locking member 3, as will now be described. The rectangular shaped member 1 is preferably formed from papermaterial out of a blank such as is shown in Fig. 4, and said blank is c0mposed of a wall member5with which is in tegrally associated the flap members 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The flap members 9 and 13 are separated from the wall mem' Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 6, 1913.

Patented Nov. 17, 19.141. Serial No. 799,539.

her 5 by the scored lines 1 1 and 15, respectively; the flap members 7 and 11 are separated from said wall member 5 by scored lines 16 and 17, respectively; the flap members 8 and 10 are separated from the flap member 9 by the scored lines 19 and 20, respectively; theflap members 0 and 12 are separated from the flap member 13 by the scored lines 21 and 22, respectively; the flap members 6 and 8 are separated from the flap member 7 by the slits 23 and 24, respectively, and the flap members 10 and 12 are separated from the flap member 11 by the slits 25 and 26, respectively. As shown in Fig. 4, the flap members 10 and 12 are of a less depth than are the flap members 6 and 8 for a purpose which will be disclosed below.

The receptacle 1 is conveniently formed by folding the flaps 9 and 13 on the scored lines 1 1 and 15 to a position perpendicular to the wall 5, while also folding the flaps 10 and 12 on the scored lines 20 and 22,. and the flaps 8 and 6 on the scored lines 19 and 21, perpendicular to the flaps 9 and 13. The receptacle is then completed by folding the flap 7 perpendicular to the wall 5 and cans ing it to overlie the flaps 8 and 6 and folding the flap 11 also perpendicular to the said wall 5 and overlying the flaps 10 and 12, as will be clear from Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The holding member 2 for the mantle is formed from the blank shown in Fig. and is preferably composed of the flap member 30, the spacing member 31, the flap member 32, the flap member 33 and the flap member 34.. The spacing member 31 is separated from the flap member 30 by the scored lines 35 and said spacing member 31 is separated from the flap member 32 by the scored lines 36. The scored line 37 separates the flap 32 from the flap 33 and the scored line 38 separates the flap 34; from the flap 39 represents a space out out of the spacing member 31 and flap 32, as will be clear from the drawings. In forming the holding member 2, the flap 30 is bent up on the scored line 35, the said spacing member 31 is then bent up on the scored line 36, and the flap 30 bent over to contact with the flap 32, whereupon the flap 30, the spacing member 31 and the said flap 32 are bent over on the scored line 37 until the flap 30 contacts with the flap 33, as will be clear from Figs. 2 and 3. The flap 34 is then bent over on the scored line 38 toward the spacing member 31, and the entire holding member 2 is then thrust into the container 1. The holder 2 is then secured in the receptacle 1 by any suitable means, as by applying an adhesive to the flap 33 and securing the same to the folded over members 10 and 12, as will be clear from Figs. 2 and 3. When the parts have been assembled as now described, the said members 10 and 12 being of a shallow depth as above intimated, a rectangular space 40 is provided between the wall or flap 11 of the container 1 and the flap 33 of the holder 2. The locking member 3 is made of such dimensions as to frictionally fit the space 40 for a purpose now to be disclosed. The said locking memher 2 is provided with the holding portion 41, and the locking portion 42 separated by the scored line 43. The locking portion 42 is preferably provided with the locking tongues 43 and 44 separated by the cut away space 45. The said member 42 is bent toward the member 41 on the scored line 43 so as to bring the parts into the position shown in Fig. 3, when the member 41 may be thrust into the space 40, as will be clear from Figs. 2 and 3, and the tongues 43 and 44 interlocked with the foot or projection 46 with which the mantle 47 is provided. That is to say, two of the other feet or projections 48 of said mantle (only one being shown in Fig. 2) are thrust into the spaces 49, provided by the spacing member 31 of the holder 2, and the mantle thus securely held in the container 1, when the tongues 43 and 44 of the locking member are brought over and thrust on each side of the foot or projection 46 of said mantle, thereby securely locking said mantle in place.

When it is desired to withdraw the mantle from the holder, all that is necessary to do is to pull out the locking member 42 thus un locking the mantle and then the foot 46 of the said mantle maybe grasped and the mantle readily removed from the package. To facilitate the removal of the mantle I find it more convenient to leave the tongue portion 41 of the locking member loose in the space 40, so that it is only frictionally held therein. This enables the user to pull said tongue entirely out of the space 40 thereby leaving the foot 46 freely exposed to be readily grasped by the fingers. When the mantle is thus securely held and locked in position, it cannot jar loose and may be shipped with perfect safety.

In order to complete the package and incidentally to also more firmly hold the looking member in position, I provide a cover member 50 for the container 1, which may be a duplicate of said container 1, or of course may be constructed in any other manner.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction, as well as the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

lVhat I claim is 1. A packing vessel for gas mantles comprising a container provided with a pair of flaps having a space between their edges; a holding member overlying said space and provided with a cut-away portion and with a spacing member forming pockets adapted to hold said mantle; and an independent locking member adapted to fit the space between said flaps and to lock said mantle in place, substantially as described.

2. A packing vessel for gas mantles comprising a container provided with a pair of flaps having a space between their edges; a holding member overlying said space secured to said container and provided with a cutaway portion and with a spacing member forming pockets adapted tohold said mane tle; and an independent locking member adapted to fit between and to be readily withdrawn from the space between said flaps and to lock said mantle in place, substantially as described.

3. A packing vessel for gas mantles comprising a container provided with a pair of flaps having a space between their edges; a blank having a cutaway portion and a spacing member adapted to overlie said flaps and folded'to form pockets for the. feet of the mantle; an independent blank having a member adapted to fit between said space and having folded tongues adapted to lock the mantle, in said holder, substantially as described.

4. A holder for gas mantles comprising a blank having a plurality of flaps separated by scored lines; a cutaway portion and a spacing member; said blank folded with two of its flaps lying face to face to form pockets for the reception of the feet of the mantle with the spacing member upright, and another of said flaps adapted to be folded over onto an additional flap and have its edge lie adjacent said spacing member, substantially as described.

In testnnony whereof I atfixmy signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WYLE T. WILSON.

Witnesses BLANOHE K. BRYAN, MARY F. MGINTYRE.

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